his death now raising fears of a potential escalation in the region which could expand into a wider war israel has eso far avoided. plus, three years after rioters stormed the capitol, donald trump further cements his dominance over republicans. what brand new polling is revealing about the gop s increasing loyalty to trump and their thoughts about the legitimacy of president joe biden s election win. and also ahead hours from now house speaker mike johnson and 60 republicans will head to the southern border as senate negotiations resume. we llbri you the latest on where those talks now stand. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to this morning. we ll begin overseas where hamas is now blaming israel for the death of one of its leaders, who was killed in an explosion in lebanon yesterday. what appeared to be a drone strike happened in a densely p
reince priebus. the announcement comes a day after the new white house communications director, anthony scaramucci, accused him of leaking information to the media. reince priebus‘ replacement is the current director of homeland security, retired generaljohn kelly, who mr trump described as a great american and a true star of his administration. after president trump tweeted the news of priebus‘ departure, he had this to say upon returning to washington. reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody, a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. reince priebus has been speaking about his resignation, which he says he offered on thursday. here s some of what he had to say. it was something that i have always talked to the president about, which is i have always said to him, and he was agreed with me any time either one of us think that we ne
the latest person to be leaving is the chief of staff, reince priebus. the announcement comes a day after the new white house communications director, anthony scaramucci, accused him of leaking information to the media. reince priebus‘ replacement is the current director of homeland security, retired generaljohn kelly, who mr trump described as a great american and a true star of his administration. after president trump tweeted the news of priebus‘ departure, he had this to say upon returning to washington. reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. reince priebus has been speaking about his resignation, which he says he offered on thursday. here s some of what he had to say. it was something that i have always talked to the president about, which is and i have always said to him, and he was
city offers anything for tourists? good morning and welcome to bbc news. president trump has described his new chief of staff, john kelly, as a true star of his administration after reince priebus stood down from the post. mr trump said mr kelly, a retired military general, had done a spectacularjob as the head of homeland security, where he introduced a tougher immigration policy. the resignation of mr priebus came after he was criticised by the president s new communications director anthony scaramucci, who accused him of leaking to the press. here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. another tweet, another resignation, another day in the trump presidency. reince priebus is the latest senior figure in the white house to leave his job prematurely. the shortest serving chief of staff in history. he is being replaced by a retired four star general. john kelly is currently in charge of the department of homeland security. donald trump revealed that reince priebus had
coast, thundery showers in the north and west chipping further eastwards through the day, temperatures around 16-21d, through the day, temperatures around 16 2id, bye for now. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump describes his new chief of staff, retired military general john kelly, as a true star. he takes up the position after reince priebus stood down from the post. angry clashes in east london during a protest over the death of a man who was restrained by police last week. pope francis leads tributes to ii month old charlie gard. his life support was switched off after he was moved to spend his final hours at a hospice. president trump said its actions were dangerous and reckless and responded by carrying out missile exercises with with south korea. now on bbc news, the travel show. we are taking a trip through pakistan s biggest city on a bus. this might be a bit crazy along the way. we are looking at dolphins in india from a paddle board. wow, did you